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Subject: Halo: Silentium - story details revealed by Amazon

This relates to the OP how?

And this just makes me more excited for the book.

  • 07.29.2012 6:30 PM PDT


Posted by: ThatOneJedi
This relates to the OP how?

And this just makes me more excited for the book.


It doesn't. AJW has had a personal vendetta against me for months simply because of the fact he can't deal with how individual and free-spirited I am, not to mention the fact it pisses him off to no end that my opinions are the exact opposite of his, so he rationalizes it all away with something absurdly simple-minded as, "Oh, its k, heez delusionalz" because he can't see past his own grossly bloated and cancerously, disgustingly, swollen EGO.

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  • 07.29.2012 6:34 PM PDT

Alright, though you don't have to drag your disagreement into here. Just try to ignore him or duke it out in private messages.

  • 07.29.2012 6:42 PM PDT
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  • 07.29.2012 8:44 PM PDT


Posted by: Quantam
I don't want a third ultra powered race in Halo. Opinion.


That's my point. Halo has been dragged out into the street, beaten, and raped, by 343 and Microsoft. They only care about money and profit. The same happened to the Alien saga with the AvP films which essentially spit on the name of the Alien. After Resurrection, I gave up on the Alien films, the first 3 will remain in the top 3 films of all time, my list, same with Halo Combat Evolved and Halo 2, but all after that remain cash cows. Its a shame when our favorite past times become products of promotion of evil and greed, promoting military domination throughout the world and throughout mankind and their annals of history, exploiting the weak and promoting elitism. The world media is a -blam!- up place.

  • 07.29.2012 9:02 PM PDT
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Posted by: Quantam
I don't want a third ultra powered race in Halo. Opinion.

Same here.

  • 07.29.2012 9:07 PM PDT

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Posted by: Quantam
I don't want a third ultra powered race in Halo. Opinion.

Same here.
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  • 07.30.2012 2:06 AM PDT
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Posted by: DecepticonCobra

We are all going to get banned aren't we?


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If the Flood's genesis took place beyond our galaxy then that would seem to imply that whatever this act of barbarism was is not referring to the Forerunner-Precursor conflict, unless the Forerunners originated outside the galaxy too. It also seems to imply a third power as well that is neither Flood nor Precursor in saying that the act caused a greater evil to loom. Seems like the "Eldritch Abomination in a Can" thing.[/quote]
I know right? Bleh, it seems so absurdly cliche. Won't be buying...

I wasn't making a value judgement there though, so we might have to disagree. We'll see how it goes. Sometimes it's not the Bigger Bad that matters, but the effect that it has on normal people.


He's just been blindly insulting anything and everything about 343i the past few days, better to not take him seriously (and I have no doubt that his future posts here will prove my point).


There you go again, blindly assuming that your word is the word of god and is infallible.

I'll have you know denizens of Bungie.net, that this individual, right here, will do anything to make you think you are wrong provided it further inflates his own ego and passes off his own opinions as fact, because this person's arrogance and own personal self-hatred have become a virus, an infection upon these forums, that he will go to any length to put you down and make you feel like you are somehow 'in the wrong' for thinking for yourself and not how he wants you to think.

My dear friend, AJW, the only thing you have done is further discredit yourself by saying that by me saying and speaking my mind I am not to be taken seriously. By doing so you have proven yourself as the only person here to not be taken seriously.

All you, SEAL Sniper, and Grey101 have done is prove that you have just been blindly insulting anything and everything about ME for the past few days, which is why NONE of the above users mentioned should be taken seriously.

If it were up to me you all would've been banned months ago for flaming, personal attacks, and aggressive trolling attempts, aimed at making any and all opinionated against you angry or hurt. You are a horrible excuse for a human being, all three of you. Because you can't accept the FACT that people are GOING to HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS THAN YOU.

You need to grow up and start realizing this.


Yet you are bringing up peoples names that haven't done anything to you in this thread therefore it is irrelevant, this isn't a blog site. Maybe you are the issues instead of several other users. Seriously, You had no reason to bring up anybody's name other than AJW's because he was the only one to say something in this thread. I saw his comment and even though about adding to it but i didn't for the sake of not wanting to start something, yet you have the audacity to pull up names and then get mad when they say something to you.


If you were "grown up" you would have just pm'd AJW instead of putting on this little drama show. Or at the least keep it restricted to him.

  • 07.30.2012 2:17 AM PDT

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Posted by: ThePredkiller2

Oh darling, the way you go on... People will talk!

There you go again, blindly assuming that your word is the word of god and is infallible.

I'm going to save this little bit here for later.

I'll have you know denizens of Bungie.net, that this individual, right here, will do anything to make you think you are wrong provided it further inflates his own ego and passes off his own opinions as fact, because this person's arrogance and own personal self-hatred have become a virus, an infection upon these forums, that he will go to any length to put you down and make you feel like you are somehow 'in the wrong' for thinking for yourself and not how he wants you to think.

It doesn't. AJW has had a personal vendetta against me for months simply because of the fact he can't deal with how individual and free-spirited I am, not to mention the fact it pisses him off to no end that my opinions are the exact opposite of his, so he rationalizes it all away with something absurdly simple-minded as, "Oh, its k, heez delusionalz" because he can't see past his own grossly bloated and cancerously, disgustingly, swollen EGO.

Yup, you're right. No day for me is complete until I've asserted my vendetta against you, I honestly just can't sleep at night if I miss a day of arguing with you.

We were made for each other.

You give yourself way too much credit, plus you tell me that I personally attack you (which I don't), yet you go and start advertising to the site about 3 users who disagree with you. :P

Have you really stooped so low? Are you really that pathetic?

My dear friend, AJW, the only thing you have done is further discredit yourself by saying that by me saying and speaking my mind I am not to be taken seriously. By doing so you have proven yourself as the only person here to not be taken seriously.

Because:

A) What you posted in this topic had nothing to do with the topic.

B) It's a completely unfair, untrue and arrogant statement.

So until you have something to say that's actually backed up, supported and reasonable and goes beyond a petty hate then no, you are most definitely not to be taken seriously.

If it were up to me you all would've been banned months ago for flaming, personal attacks, and aggressive trolling attempts, aimed at making any and all opinionated against you angry or hurt. You are a horrible excuse for a human being, all three of you. Because you can't accept the FACT that people are GOING to HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS THAN YOU.

You need to grow up and start realizing this.


Are you being subtly ironic here, or purposefully hypocritical?

See, I don't actually have a problem with you. I don't care, you're nothing but disembodied text on a screen to me. My problem is with the arrogant shyte you post - with no regard to what you saying as an opinion, with no exposition on why you think a particular way.

I honestly think that you used to be okay, but then you turned into... This...

Halo has been dragged out into the street, beaten, and raped, by 343 and Microsoft. They only care about money and profit.

This doesn't sound like you're calling this your opinion to me, sounds like you're trying to pass it off as a fact. You're only discrediting yourself by not actually explaining anything you say, put that in the context of what you actually say and it comes off as a bad trolling attempt.

343 had to go an be a bunch of fuctards

Again, doesn't sound like any kind of reasonable opinion I've ever heard.

our favorite past times become products of promotion of evil and greed, promoting military domination throughout the world and throughout mankind and their annals of history, exploiting the weak and promoting elitism. The world media is a -blam!- up place.

A perfect example of how you spout utter nonsense and fail to support it with anything. I want to emphasise the 'utter nonsense' part because this is, by far, the most ridiculous thing you've come out with. You're nothing but a drama queen seeking attention, and it really shows here.

Let's jump back in time a bit to something you said earlier:
There you go again, blindly assuming that your word is the word of god and is infallible.

There you go. This applies to you too, you know? Maybe it's actually you who needs to learn that:
you can't accept the FACT that people are GOING to HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS THAN YOU.

Every time we've gotten into an argument here, it has always been you taking up some kind of personal issue with my opinion because it's a direct contrast to yours. And you wonder why we argue back? Just look at some of the utter tripe you've posted, your blunt arrogance and lack of any kind of restraint just makes you look like an utter fool, and the fact (again) that you provide absolutely NO EXPLANATION for why you think a particular way lends no credence to your 'opinion'.

What evidence have you for 343i actually being only interested in money? Why would they throw events like Halo Fest out there? Why would they start interweaving the novels with the games to form a more cohesive universe? They're not perfect, they've made their share of mistakes with several aspects of the lore, but that doesn't make them corporate cash-ins. Bungie made their share of mistakes, yet you view them as some idyllic and godlike entity.

You're the one who starts this because you can't accept that others have contrasting opinions with you and when you're questioned you lash out and go into a fit about it. Then you start dragging others into it when they've said nothing to you here, I think it's pretty clear who the person with the real vendetta is here.

Now, unless you actually have anything on-topic to discuss about Silentium, would you kindly get out of my thread?

[Edited on 07.30.2012 2:23 AM PDT]

  • 07.30.2012 2:18 AM PDT
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Posted by: DecepticonCobra

We are all going to get banned aren't we?

Posted by: ThePredkiller2

Posted by: Quantam
I don't want a third ultra powered race in Halo. Opinion.


That's my point. Halo has been dragged out into the street, beaten, and raped, by 343 and Microsoft. They only care about money and profit. The same happened to the Alien saga with the AvP films which essentially spit on the name of the Alien. After Resurrection, I gave up on the Alien films, the first 3 will remain in the top 3 films of all time, my list, same with Halo Combat Evolved and Halo 2, but all after that remain cash cows. Its a shame when our favorite past times become products of promotion of evil and greed, promoting military domination throughout the world and throughout mankind and their annals of history, exploiting the weak and promoting elitism. The world media is a -blam!- up place.


Seriously you need to apply to be on "days of our lives" because you are the most dramatic thing on the forums and we should report you for by passing the filter. Do you know who works for 343I? why the hell would they be hiring all these top guys that have very good records if all they wanted was money and didn't care about the quality?

Not to mention didn't bungie leave because of the money? They got tired with halo 2 so they rushed the crappy halo 3 out so they could move on with world domination yet everybody is praising them and crying over 343I. You guys do understand that galaxy's are large and there should be more than 9 races right? This is what AJw meant by calling out your ignorance.

  • 07.30.2012 2:30 AM PDT
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Posted by: grey101
Posted by: ThePredkiller2

Posted by: Quantam
I don't want a third ultra powered race in Halo. Opinion.


That's my point. Halo has been dragged out into the street, beaten, and raped, by 343 and Microsoft. They only care about money and profit. The same happened to the Alien saga with the AvP films which essentially spit on the name of the Alien. After Resurrection, I gave up on the Alien films, the first 3 will remain in the top 3 films of all time, my list, same with Halo Combat Evolved and Halo 2, but all after that remain cash cows. Its a shame when our favorite past times become products of promotion of evil and greed, promoting military domination throughout the world and throughout mankind and their annals of history, exploiting the weak and promoting elitism. The world media is a -blam!- up place.


Seriously you need to apply to be on "days of our lives" because you are the most dramatic thing on the forums and we should report you for by passing the filter. Do you know who works for 343I? why the hell would they be hiring all these top guys that have very good records if all they wanted was money and didn't care about the quality?

Not to mention didn't bungie leave because of the money? They got tired with halo 2 so they rushed the crappy halo 3 out so they could move on with world domination yet everybody is praising them and crying over 343I. You guys do understand that galaxy's are large and there should be more than 9 races right? This is what AJw meant by calling out your ignorance.


I completely agree with you, there should be more than 9 races, but anyway, this new "evil" would be extragalactic, otherwise why havent it been found ? I mean there were 9 races that have been ruling the galaxy, if it was intellegent (had space travel) then it would have been found.

  • 07.30.2012 2:53 AM PDT
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Eh, I think 343 didn't do a good job on Anniversary but H4 will turn out a lot better. As for the books, I'm still anticipating Silentium. Thursday War also has me intrigued, but I'm only going to read it for it's Elite perspective.

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Posted by: Xd00999

Posted by: Quantam
I don't want a third ultra powered race in Halo. Opinion.

Same here.
You have my axe!
You have my factory!

  • 07.30.2012 3:00 AM PDT

By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

Point is, we don't actually know whether there will be this 'tenth race'. We know that the Precursors themselves are a conglomeration of races, it could well be one of them for all we know.

Depends on where they take it, I suppose. I thought it was highly unorthodox back in 2007 to introduce the concept of a whole new race before the Forerunners in the Bestiarum, but that was twisted into one of the best and darkest parts of the fiction IMO. I hope they pull it off again with what comes next.


Posted by: Sliding Ghost
Eh, I think 343 didn't do a good job on Anniversary but H4 will turn out a lot better. As for the books, I'm still anticipating Silentium. Thursday War also has me intrigued, but I'm only going to read it for it's Elite perspective.


Seeing the CMT mods for The Truth and Reconciliation and stuff like Project Lumoria, I agree. While I agree with the sentiment that CE still stands at the top of the mountain as one of the finest FPS games, that's all it really is - sentiment. CEA could have been so much more.

I used to give Glasslands a lot of bad press, but rereading it a few months back I enjoyed most of it. I still think the novel has pretty big problems and I'm not a fan of Traviss's narrative style and method, nor her "I'm not a fan of stuff" agenda which I don't think is a very good way to write. But I'm interested to see how TTW and Silentium fit into Halo 4, since the latter is said to be littered with spoilers.

[Edited on 07.30.2012 3:11 AM PDT]

  • 07.30.2012 3:03 AM PDT

Posted by: grey101
This is what AJw meant by calling out your ignorance.


Another kiss-ass, wonderful...

Yet you are bringing up peoples names that haven't done anything to you in this thread therefore it is irrelevant, this isn't a blog site. Maybe you are the issues instead of several other users. Seriously, You had no reason to bring up anybody's name other than AJW's because he was the only one to say something in this thread. I saw his comment and even though about adding to it but i didn't for the sake of not wanting to start something, yet you have the audacity to pull up names and then get mad when they say something to you.

The bold parts alone prove it.

Seriously you need to apply to be on "days of our lives" because you are the most dramatic thing on the forums

I'm saving this for the next time you try to claim you aren't on a personal affront against me and anyone else who tends to disagree with you.

and we should report you for by passing the filter.

And I should report all three of you for:
-Flaming
-Trolling
-Political Trolling and...
-Thread Derailment


Do you know who works for 343I? why the hell would they be hiring all these top guys that have very good records if all they wanted was money and didn't care about the quality?


The machine needs to have all of its cogs well oiled and geared in correctly to keep the propaganda and money flowing! Halo is the biggest event in media history! Don't you know just how MANY are plugged in AT THIS VERY MOMENT?

Not to mention didn't bungie leave because of the money? They got tired with halo 2 so they rushed the crappy halo 3 out so they could move on with world domination yet everybody is praising them and crying over 343I.

You keep tossing around the names of Bungie and 343i yet you continue to neglect, or maybe you do see and you refuse to believe yourself, that the real perpetrator here is Microsoft. Ever since Microsoft shoved that deadline down Bungie's throats (the same way EA did to BioWare) we ended up with a crappy game. You continue to point the finger away from the real perpetrators and at the same time you're actually *helping* them. Have fun burning in hell.



[Edited on 07.30.2012 4:24 AM PDT]

  • 07.30.2012 3:50 AM PDT

Posted by: ajw34307

Oh darling, the way you go on... People will talk!


Tell me, Bungie.net. In what ways does this not sound arrogant as -blam!-? The guy is practically in love with himself!

Yup, you're right. No day for me is complete until I've asserted my vendetta against you, I honestly just can't sleep at night if I miss a day of arguing with you.

We were made for each other.


You go and call me dramatic, but... tell me, again, B.NET, how in the -blam!- is this not completely over-dramatically exaggerated? Where did I ever say we were made for each other? When did I say you were literally obsessed with me to the point that you couldn't sleep at night? Once more, with the self-pandering, trying to make yourself out to be the victim.


You give yourself way too much credit, plus you tell me that I personally attack you (which I don't), yet you go and start advertising to the site about 3 users who disagree with you. :P


And yet, what the hell is this?

He's just been blindly insulting anything and everything about 343i the past few days, better to not take him seriously (and I have no doubt that his future posts here will prove my point).



Because:

A) What you posted in this topic had nothing to do with the topic.


How is

I know right? Bleh, it seems so absurdly cliche. Won't be buying...

Off topic? Oh, right... it isn't. Not to mention, directly quoted from the person directly above me.

B) It's a completely unfair, untrue and arrogant statement.

Oh, and

He's just been blindly insulting anything and everything about 343i the past few days, better to not take him seriously (and I have no doubt that his future posts here will prove my point).

isn't? Are you insane? Or just delusional? BECAUSE IT IS ONE OR THE OTHER.

See, I don't actually have a problem with you. I don't care, you're nothing but disembodied text on a screen to me. My problem is with the arrogant shyte you post - with no regard to what you saying as an opinion, with no exposition on why you think a particular way.

Why? Because it doesn't fall in line with what you believe to be a valid point? What part of I DONT HAVE TO PROVE -blam!- TO YOU do you not GET?

EVERY -blam!- DAY I LOG INTO THESE FORUMS I FEEL LIKE I AM CONSTANTLY LOOKING OVER MY GODDAM SHOULDER WAITING FOR ONE OF YOU -blam!- 'TROLLS' TO POP UP AND FLAME ME AND MY GOD-GIVEN RIGHT TO MY OWN -blam!- OPINION BECAUSE OF SOMETHING AS CHILDISH AS "YOU DONT LIKE IT" WELL YOU KNOW WHAT? DEAL with it because I'm not going ANYWHERE.

I honestly think that you used to be okay, but then you turned into... This...

OH? YOU MEAN LIKE ANY OTHER SHEEP WHO COULDN'T THINK FOR ONESELF AND JUST POSTED CRAP WITHOUT TAKING UP ANY SORT OF SOLID GROUND UNDER STANDING FOR WHAT ONE BELIEVES IN? Pah! I knew you were arrogant from the first post I saw of yours, I knew you couldn't handle someone like ME who would CHALLENGE your viewpoints. I knew you couldn't handle a challenge. I KNEW you couldn't. And here you are getting all strung out, having to break down my posts little by little, posting these short, snide little comments in an attempt to save what little sanity or false-pride you may have. The only reason I am doing this is because this -blam!- needs to be SAID. Oh what I would give to say it TO YOUR -blam!- FACE.

This doesn't sound like you're calling this your opinion to me, sounds like you're trying to pass it off as a fact. You're only discrediting yourself by not actually explaining anything you say, put that in the context of what you actually say and it comes off as a bad trolling attempt.

Like I said before, I DONT HAVE TO PROVE -blam!- TO YOU. Don't like it, too bad, because I won't give you what you want. I don't have to, because you are not above me, and you're going to have to start accepting the fact that you can't get everything you want. -blam!- and moan all you want it won't get you -blam!-. It is my opinion and I am sticking to it whether you like it or NOT.



Again, doesn't sound like any kind of reasonable opinion I've ever heard.


See the above -blam!- quote.

A perfect example of how you spout utter nonsense and fail to support it with anything. I want to emphasise the 'utter nonsense' part because this is, by far, the most ridiculous thing you've come out with. You're nothing but a drama queen seeking attention, and it really shows here.

If this isn't a personal attack I don't know what is. If anything you fail to back up it is the fact that you aren't personally attacking me. Prove to me that the first post in this thread to mine by YOU WASN'T a personal attack? You don't have to prove -blam!-, sure, but if you don't you'll only prove yourself to be a big -blam!- hypocrite and look like an ass, I admit I actually laughed a little bit, you could be quite the comedian, if you were being sarcastic in the least bit, which I highly doubt. (If anything that makes it even more hilarious.)

Every time we've gotten into an argument here, it has always been you taking up some kind of personal issue with my opinion because it's a direct contrast to yours. And you wonder why we argue back? Just look at some of the utter tripe you've posted, your blunt arrogance and lack of any kind of restraint just makes you look like an utter fool, and the fact (again) that you provide absolutely NO EXPLANATION for why you think a particular way lends no credence to your 'opinion'.

Again, why the -blam!- do I need YOUR approval? What the hell makes you SPECIAL? Do you think you have some task from god to 'Approve people's opinions?' Give me a reason to convince you, please, because I can't find ANY good ones. To me you're just another troll, one that has already wasted enough of my time with these pointless jabs back and forth, getting absolutely no where, because you know I'm not going to stop.


What evidence have you for 343i actually being only interested in money? Why would they throw events like Halo Fest out there? Why would they start interweaving the novels with the games to form a more cohesive universe? They're not perfect, they've made their share of mistakes with several aspects of the lore, but that doesn't make them corporate cash-ins. Bungie made their share of mistakes, yet you view them as some idyllic and godlike entity.


Why do you feel like you have to suck up to the 1% even as the evidence is staggering of the crimes they've committed against the 99, and humankind as a whole. Do you really want me to start getting into this, because I really don't think you'll find any validity in my opinion, as you so zealously stressed yourself until you were blue in the -blam!- face, which is why I am not going to waste any more time on this subject because you would prefer to remain arrogant, arrogant and ignorant to the world around you and the bleak, dull, sad state this pathetic little world is in, no, you prefer to believe the lies the media and the government feeds you, you prefer to feed from the hand that gives, you prefer to feed into their lies and their evil, to support their campaigns of evil against mankind, to feed into their blatant propaganda and their dark, empty souls which seem to only be filled by hate and fear, the hate and fear of billions, because they are all alone, and the only way to fill that lonely pit, that they and their shills, like you, all seem to have in common, is through the instillation and promotion of fear and bloodshed and hate and chaos, chaos and murder. THAT is what Halo has become, a product of the most powerful monopoly on the face of the planet, owned by the richest man on the planet, the face of evil, and you so blindly and ardently support him. Shame on you.

You're the one who starts this because you can't accept that others have contrasting opinions with you and when you're questioned you lash out and go into a fit about it. Then you start dragging others into it when they've said nothing to you here, I think it's pretty clear who the person with the real vendetta is here.

The only vendetta I have is against those who deserve it. YOU on the other hand, are not even WORTHY of an agenda. You are a skidmark on the underpants of society, you are like trash tossed out on the side of the road. You're a SPECK compared to the people that reside at the source of all the worlds unrest and chaos and bloodshed, of all the crimes committed against humanity, but you, don't get me wrong, you are just as guilty. For the only the necessary for the triumph of evil is not for evil men to succeed, because they succeed, indeed, when good men stand by and do nothing, but not only this, also, when good men, or men with the potential for good, feed into evil by supporting these evil men's evil goals and evil desires. THAT is why I challenge you constantly, THAT is because I am trying to get you to WAKE UP and SEE PAST your ARROGANCE.

Now, unless you actually have anything on-topic to discuss about Silentium, would you kindly get out of my thread?

Gladly. But remember this. If you have enemies, that is a good thing, because it means you stood up for something.

[Edited on 07.30.2012 4:16 AM PDT]

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Posted by: ajw34307
Posted by: Sliding Ghost
Eh, I think 343 didn't do a good job on Anniversary but H4 will turn out a lot better. As for the books, I'm still anticipating Silentium. Thursday War also has me intrigued, but I'm only going to read it for it's Elite perspective.
Seeing the CMT mods for The Truth and Reconciliation and stuff like Project Lumoria, I agree. While I agree with the sentiment that CE still stands at the top of the mountain as one of the finest FPS games, that's all it really is - sentiment. CEA could have been so much more.

I used to give Glasslands a lot of bad press, but rereading it a few months back I enjoyed most of it. I still think the novel has pretty big problems and I'm not a fan of Traviss's narrative style and method, nor her "I'm not a fan of stuff" agenda which I don't think is a very good way to write. But I'm interested to see how TTW and Silentium fit into Halo 4, since the latter is said to be littered with spoilers.
There is no doubt those were done better. Lumoria in particular was refreshing. It has the CE Spectre, built up from scratch I believe.

CMT Spv3 was alright but I didn't like how it was either Elites or Brutes. Also, I'd have liked all 10 Zealots to be set spawns. It's hard to access someone's combat capability based on the boarding battle because of the frequency of Zealots varies. The grav lift battle is much more easier to compare.

I can definitely understand the Elite perspective (they've been lied to the whole time so it's not surprising Covies would come to Requiem seeking answers and Elites questioning Arby) but the human perspective is just awkward.

  • 07.30.2012 4:56 AM PDT

Haters are going to hate.
Praisers are going to praise.

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Posted by: ajw34307
"In the last years of the Forerunner empire, chaos rules. The Flood - a horrifying shape-changing parasite has arrived in force, aided by unexpected allies. Internal strife within the ecumene has desperately weakened Forerunner defenses. ... "


Hmm, unexpected allies, that's written in plural, didn't think of it the first time around, just uncarefully assumed Mendicant Bias was the one being referred to? MB has after all yet to actually betray is masters (lead the Flood to the Ark, and become defeated by Offensive Bias, etc).

But if there is more than one ally, who could that/they be? Or am I reading it wrong?



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  • 07.30.2012 6:46 AM PDT

心の中に弱い風が吹いています。

Sounds good. Can't wait to read it.

  • 07.30.2012 7:08 AM PDT

Predkiller... the post you were replying to... said NOTHING of the quality of the book or it being mere money grabbing crap. Hell, if you look at his own posts following it "I wasn't making a value judgement there." and "My post was mere guesswork"

Then, you have quantom doing a very simple, "I don't want a third ultra powered race in halo. Opinion" and you use that as a jumpstart to talk about how Halo has been beaten and raped (Um... why such colorful descriptions?) And look. You blame 343, AND MICROSOFT. See below.

Also... I'd rather AJW's 'arrogance' then your... enraged attacks. If he was truly this evil... virualent person as you make him out to be... It's a case of "Do I pick the person who is being mostly calm, or the person screaming? I'ma side with the calm person."

Again, if your issue is with AJW, WHY did you call out other names? That's like... politics. Instead of just focusing on one person, you bring in others. To me, it implies you know you can't win/bring up enough details about the target, so including more people means your statement is more likely to be right. Either way, it's off-topic.

Oh, you seem to think Microsoft is the source of all evil in this case.... yet still bash 343? Amusing.

Overall... Seriously dude, I'm not entirely happy with how I see halo going (but unlike you, I refuse to judge UNTIL halo 4 comes out, as it's their major opening), but I'm not going to rant about how halo has gone to -blam!- or try smashing people's heads in who don't think like I do. This sounds less of a case of "He can't accept my opinion!" and more of "Our opinions differ, therefore I'm right and the fact he disagrees means he's stupid and bashing me!"

The best debaters are ones who remain calm. Predkiller, you clearly cannot and thus your own viewpoint, right or wrong, is not going to be seen as highly. That is my advice. Enough thread derailment.


On topic, since I never read the other forerunner books (or book, forget how many are out :P), I'm not particularly hyped for this one. However, I'm sure those who are will enjoy it and share the revelations with the rest of us.

  • 07.30.2012 7:31 AM PDT

Can I have recon

  • 07.30.2012 7:37 AM PDT
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Do not waste your tears, I was not born to watch the world grow dim. Life is not measured in years, but by the deeds of men.

Posted by: goldhawk
We should know better, because we are better.


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Can I have recon

Go to 343i's website, not here. Besides, I think they unlocked Recon or everyone in Halo 3.

  • 07.30.2012 7:47 AM PDT
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Who is the moron now huh ? HUH PREDKILLER???

  • 07.30.2012 9:34 AM PDT

Waypoint Moderators aren't really Moderators, just power hungry and its goal is defend their beloved Halo at all costs. (Meaning that they wank Halo too much.)

BS Angel is alleged foe so, be wary of Waypoint and its moderators! Do not attempt to move to Waypoint. Enter your own risk.

*WARNING* IT IS MY OPINION.

Haha, ThePredkiller2.

All of your arguments were lubriciously bad and it is mostly irrelevant on this topic. It sounded like that you were moaning and whining at Ajw and 343i for "ruining" the canon (by the way, they did not).

Perhaps you should take your own arguments and cram it up in your ass and shut the -blam!- up at this thread. Take this arguments with PM to Ajw, not at here.

Seriously, no cares about your incredibly flawed opinions and whining about everything.

  • 07.30.2012 10:03 AM PDT

Vengeance only leads to an ongoing cycle of hatred.

Now would probably be a good time to finally finish Primordium. :P

  • 07.30.2012 10:38 AM PDT

Judge me all you want, but know that your opinion of me is just as flawed when you judge a book by its cover. I can't believe how close-minded and blindly judgmental you people can be, judging someone by the case of font they type in, without even thinking about accepting the possibility that, oh, maybe said person is just TRYING TO GET HIS -blam!- POINT ACROSS to get your people to STOP BEING SUCKUP KISSASSES AND THINK FOR YOUR GODDAM SELVES.

You know what? Have your phony judgments and your fake realities that have been pulled over your eyes. HAVE THEM. YOU'RE ONLY HURTING YOURSELVES. And of course you're going to interpret as me losing my mind, if that is the way you best handle the fact that someone has REALIZED what the hell you are all about and how you've ALL BEEN BRAINWASHED, then so be it. If your egos are so out of whack, and so out of cohesion with the greater forces of the universe, then...GO AHEAD. CONTINUE ON WITH YOUR DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR.

I DONT NEED MY OPINIONS TO BE APPROVED BY A BUNCH OF CHILDREN.

THIS IS ME GETTING MY POINT ACROSS, AND STRESSING THEM TO THE POINT OF REDUNDANCY, NOT ME SCREAMING MY HEAD OFF. THEY WOULDN'T BE STRESSED TO THE POINT OF REDUNDANCY IF YOU WOULD AT LEAST CONSIDER MY SIDE OF THE ARGUMENT.

And not blindly side with the person who is full of himself for such a stupid reason as "Oh, hiz tiepingz iz prettyz"

Get a life, all of you. There's more to the world out there than this little square on your -blam!- computer.

  • 07.30.2012 12:42 PM PDT